Glossary

Dimplex built-in electric fireplaces give any room realistic ambiance without taking up floor space. You can customize your built-in fireplace with a range of surround trims and authentic-looking doors.

Contemporary

Smooth, clean, simple and uncluttered. Neutrals, black, and white are the main colors in contemporary interiors. The palette is often punched up and accented with a bright and bold color.

Convection

Dimplex offers a full line of convection baseboard heaters, as well as panel convection heaters, which are wall-mounted. These heaters are ideal for heating living areas with gentle, even heat.

Corner

Cozy up that drab or remodel empty corner with style and ambiance, in minutes you can remake even a small room with a space-saving Dimplex corner electric fireplace.

Dentil molding

A small tooth shape block used as a repeating ornament along the edges of a piece of furniture.

Double Wall Heat Exchanger

A heat exchanger that has two distinct walls between the heat transfer fluid and the domestic water to ensure that there is no mixing of the two. Many plumbing codes require a double wall heat exchanger for a solar system. Please contact your local city building code administrator.

Dry Contact

A "dry" contact is a contact that is not initially connected to a voltage source. The meter opens and closes the contact to initiate the Peak or Off-Peak periods.

Fan-forced

Dimplex offers a line of fan-forced heaters for different applications in your home. Typically, this type of heater is used for quick, powerful bursts of heat in areas that normally become cool or that you want to heat temporarily.

Flat-wall

Dimplex flat-wall fireplaces make a statement in any room - as a focal point or accent, the choice is yours. We offer incredible styles from the most clean and contemporary to highly ornate and sophisticated. Discover your design!

Fluted

A decoration consisting of parallel, normally vertical, flutes (grooves) incised into the surface.

Heat Loss

The heat that flows from your home’s interior on the coldest day of the year for your location, through the building envelope to the outside environment and takes into account all the things that allow heat to escape from your house, such as windows, doors, insulation R-values, walls, ceilings, floors, construction quality, number of fireplaces vented externally.

Insert

Dimplex electric inserts are a fast, clean way to enjoy your old masonry fireplace again. With amazing realism and a built-in heater, these inserts offer ambiance and comfort in just minutes.

Media Console

Dimplex media consoles combine an ambient fireplace with an entertainment center to create the ultimate room focal point. Now you can have your fireplace and entertainment center in the same space for optimal enjoyment.

Mid-Peak Period

Some utilities offer an additional two to six hour mid-peak period during the day that is priced between the Peak & Off-Peak pricing.

Off-Peak Electricity

Lowest-cost electricity based on the Electric Utility’s least-expensive generation option available to meet the lowest demand periods that typically includes the night hours of 11pm to 7am.

On-Peak Electricity

Higher-priced electricity that better reflects the Electric Utility’s additional costs to supply power to meet the highest system demand (GW) created by the residential, business, industrial and institutional users.

Ornate

Classic, elegant, and formal in appearance, includes curves, carvings, and deep rich color.

Peak Electricity

Higher-priced electricity that better reflects the Electric Utility’s additional costs to supply power to meet the highest system demand (GW) created by the residential, business, industrial and institutional users.

Radiant

Dimplex radiant heaters are an ideal outdoor heater choice. Dimplex’s quartz and ceramic radiant heaters provide long wave infrared radiation, which imitates the heating effect of the sun, making them ideal “people heaters”.

Renewable Energy

Is energy which comes from natural sources and regenerates naturally without negatively impacting the environment. The most common sources are sunlight, wind, ambient heat in the air, rain, tides, low-impact river/hydro and geothermal heat.

Single Wall Heat Exchanger

A heat exchanger that has a single wall between the heat transfer fluid and the domestic water to transfer heat. Many plumbing codes require a double wall heat exchanger for a solar system. Please contact your local city building code administrator.

Solar Photovoltaic

Is the technical term for using solar energy in the form of electricity.

Solar Thermal

Is the technical term for using solar energy in the form of heat.

Stoves

Electric stoves add a charm reminiscent of the wood stoves of the past. Discover our range of styles and colors that are sure to accent the favorite corners of your home.

Sustainable

Is the use of energy such that it meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. The most common sources are waste heat and surplus energy available at night or off-peak periods from plants that can’t ramp down or up such as thermal or nuclear generation.

TOD

Time Of Day rate that typically includes an On-Peak and Off-Peak rate.

TOU

Time Of Use rate that typically includes an On-Peak and Off-Peak rate.

Traditional

Classic, elegant, and formal in appearance, includes curves, carvings, and deep rich color.

Transitional

A blend of traditional and contemporary styles, resulting in a classic, timeless design. Furniture lines are simple yet sophisticated featuring either straight lines or rounded profiles.

Wall-mount

Imagine being able to add ambient flame wherever you can hang a picture! These space-saving designs are a smart, fun way to add atmosphere to small or even open concept spaces. Check out our modern designs.